FIG 37. Study of successive changes taking place in the nucleus of an epithelial < 



ell, preparatory to division of the cell. (From Quarts Anatomy, after Fie* 



aing.) , resting cell, showing the nuclear network ; b, first stage of division 



chromatoplasm transformed into a skein of closely contorted filaments c to / ' 



irther stages in the growth and looping arrangement of the filaments ; g, stellate 



phase, or aster; k, completion of the splitting of the filaments, already begun in 



j \' Jt *' SUCcessive sta g es m separation of the filaments into two groups ; 



I, the final result of this (diaster) ; m to q, stages in the division of the whole 



11 into two, showing increasing contortion of the filaments, until they reach the 



resting stage at q . 



K 2 



